What's with the fog lights?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by blackw900, Aug 22, 2009.

  1. blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    I'm curious about why some people think they need to run their fog lights all the time. What's the point? 24 hours a day I see trucks runnig with their fog lights on! At night on a two lane road it can be a little blinding for the truck or car coming at you.
    It seems to be a recent phenomenon 'cause I never used to see it in years past but in the last few years I see it all the time. So someone please make me understand the need to have these things on 24 hours a day.

    From my viewpoint nothin says rookie more than runnin' around with your fog lights on!
     
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  3. squatch

    squatch Bobtail Member

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    Are you sure they are not running lights? I know on one of the trucks I've been driving it has running lights that are on all the time.
     
  4. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    I don't have a problem with fog lights, per se, unless we're on a two-lane road and the road is wet. THEN it can be a real problem for oncoming traffic with the light reflecting off the wet road. I used to run into this problem often when I'd run all over eastern NC.
     
  5. blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    No, I'm talkin' about fog lights. Runnig lights are a whole different thing.
    Just to clarify here...

    Fog lights are the lights down in the bumper that are an optional light that is there to help you see a little better in poor visibility conditions such as fog.
     
  6. squatch

    squatch Bobtail Member

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    Ok, I got yeah. Just wanted to make sure, I don't know what's with that, I don't run em. Unless maybe its something the companys want you to do. I know when I went to driving school the first thing they wanted us to do was turn on our lights, so now I still fo that, habit I guess.
     
  7. otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

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    The two lights you are referring to are actually the same thing...only the names have changed to protect the innocent..."fog lights" are amber or yellow colored to help illuminate the "fog line" and are colored that way to give better reflection from the fog line, but they are actually determined "illegal" to be used as a constant on option. So they changed the name and color, now "driving lights" are not directly named in the laws, so drivers can use them all the time.

    If you need that "additional" light to help you see:
    1. Please learn how to adjust them so they aren't blinding the drivers going your opposite direction.
    2. Or since your night vision is obviously limited...consider driving daylight hours!
     
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  8. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Its a sign that an idiot who cant drive a car was given a CDL and a job by another idiot.

    I can overlook the fog lights. My pet peeve is the idiot driver running on the top side of his tranny through a parkinglot. Whats up with that? Some bonehead driving a 60 mph truck comes flying through a truckstop parkinglot at 30 mph. Kill someone in a parkinglot and they should shoot the perp and throw his corpse into the pissbottle collection at the back of the lot...

    ...and bill the family for storage.
     
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    Native Dancer Heavy Load Member

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    I've always considered them the same as training wheels on a bicycle. When you learn what you are doing you don't need them anymore.
     
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    Native Dancer Heavy Load Member

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    Do you have a bathtub? I have a 46 Custom Touring sedan.
     
  11. blackw900

    blackw900 The Grandfather of Flatbed

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    This thought has crossed my mind more than once!

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    It's the only place that they can pretend that they have a fast truck!

    They are morons trying to do a mans job!



    WOW!


    But I like it!
     
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